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Holtzman Inkblot Technique

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Drawing heavily upon studies with the Rorschach, the Holtzman Ink blot Technique (HIT) is a new projective method designed to overcome psychometric limitations in the Rorschach by constructing completely new sets of inkblots.1 Unlike the Rorschach, which has only ten inkblots in a single form, the HIT consists of two parallel forms, A and B, each of which contains 45 inkblots constituting the test series and two practice blots, X and Y, that are identical in both forms. Thus, standardized responses can be obtained from a total of 92 different inkblots rather than just ten.

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Holtzman, W.H. (1968). Holtzman Inkblot Technique. In: Rabin, A.I. (eds) Projective Techniques in Personality Assessment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39575-2_6

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